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• Impeachment in the United States — is an expressed power of the legislature which allows for formal charges to be brought against a civil officer of government for conduct committed in office. The actual trial on those charges, and subsequent removal of an official on conviction… …   Wikipedia

• Impeachment in New Hampshire — is an expressed Constitutional power of the House of Representatives to bring formal charges against a state officer for bribery, corruption, malpractice or maladministration, in office. Upon the impeachment of a state officer, the Senate acts as …   Wikipedia

• Impeachment in the Philippines — is an expressed power of the Congress of the Philippines to formally charge a serving government official with an impeachable offense. After being impeached by the House of Representatives, the official is then tried in the Senate.  If convicted …   Wikipedia

• Impeachment — Im*peach ment, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. Shak. (b) A calling to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Impeachment of waste — Impeachment Im*peach ment, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. Shak. (b) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Impeachment — This article is about a step in the removal of a public official. For challenging a witness in a legal proceeding, see witness impeachment. Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which …   Wikipedia

• Impeachment of Bill Clinton — Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding. House managers are seated beside the quarter circular tables on the left and the president s personal… …   Wikipedia

• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson — The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was one of the biggest scandals in the United States during Reconstruction. Johnson was impeached for breaking the Tenure of Office Act. He had removed Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, from… …   Wikipedia

• impeachment — A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment ; for example, a written accusation by the House of Representatives of the United States to the… …   Black's law dictionary

• impeachment — A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accusation called articles of impeachment ; for example, a written accusation by the House of Representatives of the United States to the… …   Black's law dictionary

• Senate Report on Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq — The Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence (formally, the Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on the U.S. Intelligence Community s Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq ) was the report by the United States Senate Select Committee… …   Wikipedia